A Dallas man showed his support for Muslims by standing outside a mosque holding a sign with the words "You Belong."

A Dallas man showed his support for Muslims and a united country by standing outside a mosque holding a sign that read "You Belong."

Justin Normand said he stood near the Islamic Center of Irving last weekend because he wanted to do or say something about the hatred directed at Muslims during the recent presidential election, won by Donald Trump.

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Normand, 53, held the sign last Friday and Saturday for approximately 90 minutes each day. The Islamic Center of Irving had previously been the target of armed protesters.

"Like most everyone I know, I have been in a malaise and at a loss since Election Day," Normand wrote in a lengthy Facebook post earlier this week. "What to do? With myself? With my time? To make things better, or even just to slog through?"

Normand, who works for a sign-making business, decided to make his own sign that read: "You Belong. Stay Strong. Be Blessed. We Are One America."

He said he drove to the nearest mosque and stood on the sidewalk "to share the peace with my neighbors. My marginalized, fearful, decent, targeted, Muslim neighbors."

Normand, who said he is Presbyterian, said this was not about "expressing agreement." And he said it wasn't about "demonstrating my outrage to right-wing drivers driving down Esters Road in front of the mosque. I can never, and will never, change any of the haters. It's not about them. Not this time, and not here."

"This was about binding up the wounded," he continued. "About showing compassion and empathy for the hurting and fearful among us. Or, in some Christian traditions, this was about washing my brother's feet. This was about my religion, not theirs."

Normand concluded his Facebook post, which has been shared more than 25,000 times, by saying that "We ARE one America."